Plarail is a Japanese toy train system first released in 1959. The Plarail range includes a wide variety of track and trains, accessories, cars, licensed character toys, and exported sets. Links to other pages focusing on other kinds of toy trains will also be found here when I have the time to prepare materials for and write those pages.
Plarail History |
a brief history of
Plarail and its trends |
My Plarail
collection |
some of the sets, engines, and
accessories that I own |
Plarail repairs and
resources |
repairing Plarail gearboxes, scans
of stickers, manuals, and other materials, and
some 3D printable replacement parts |
Thomas Plarail |
sets, engines, and other things
related to the Thomas the Tank Engine Plarail
series |
Plarail exports |
various versions of Plarail items
exported to other countries |
TomyTrain |
train system with reversing engines
and magnetic couplings that used Plarail-style track sold in Europe and the U.S. |
Capsule Plarail | smaller-scale windup vending machine gashapon system |
Other misc. Plarail | Mini Mini Plarail, Amusement Plarail, and other odd "Plarail" things |
Plarail pre-history and "cousins" |
old wooden and plastic train sets
that led to and diverged from Plarail |
Other Tomy toys | some of Tomy's other wonderful electromechanical toys |
Other train sets |
other toy train systems |
Other toys | other toys I find interesting in some way |
ruminations on what makes a good
toy train track system |
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My layouts | Plarail and other train layouts I have built over the years |
Further reading |
other Plarail and train-related
resources (links page) |